December 5 is World Soil Day, intended to raise awareness of the importance of soil health and sustainable soil management.
Meet some of the researchers and projects at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College that are building a more sustainable agri-food system by improving soil health.
Precision agriculture, artificial intelligence and machine learning are generating massive amounts of data across farms, agri-businesses and research labs.
A joint Soils at Guelph and Beef@Guelph field day in September 2023 focused on cover crop, crop rotation, water movement and grazing experiments at the Ontario Crops Research Centre and Ontario Beef Research Centre in Elora.
For more details about these Alliance-funded research projects, read the Farmtario article Expanding knowledge about cover cropping effects.
The TVO Water Brothers episode titled “Save our Soils” explores the way soil is foundational to clean water and our food supply.
Water quality researcher and engineer Dr. David McCarthy has been announced as the new CERC in Waterborne Pathogens: Surveillance, Prediction and Mitigation at the University of Guelph, supported by $8 million in federal funding over eight years.
Help us decide who wins the community choice award!
Have a look at the gallery and vote for your favourite photo: Vote for the Community Choice Award.
We look forward to seeing what you think!
Voting closes on November 17, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. One vote per person.
Judging for first, second and third place, as well as the special Agri-Food in Focus prize, are currently underway.
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U of G master's student Courtney Higgins shared her pasture research with BFO's Jaclyn Horenberg at the Ontario Beef Research Centre as part of the organization's Rural Ramble on the Road series.
She is the Canadian lead on a new global research centre that will investigate the challenges and opportunities of "green ammonia" in food production and clean energy.
Conventional ammonia production relies on fossil fuels and releases a lot of greenhouse gas. Green ammonia uses renewable and carbon-free resources instead and has the potential to enhance food production and provide clean fuel while mitigating climate change.
Fraser, who is director of the Arrell Food Institute and professor of geography at the University of Guelph, has been appointed to the steering committee of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the United Nations Co